dirdum
[ dir-duh m, dur- ]
/ ˈdɪr dəm, ˈdɜr- /
noun Scot.
Origin of dirdum
1400–50; Scots: blame, scolding, (earlier) altercation, uproar, late Middle English (north)
durdan uproar, din < Scots Gaelic; compare Irish
deardan, MIr
dertan storm, rough weather
Words nearby dirdum
dirac delta function,
dirac sea,
dirac's constant,
diradical,
dirae,
dirdum,
dire,
dire wolf,
direc. prop.,
direct,
direct access
Example sentences from the Web for dirdum
I just got a glisk o' him, for the first and last time, in the middle o' the dirdum at Worcester.
Nor do the scenes where mankind congregate to create bustle, 'dirdum and deray,' often fail of making me more or less melancholy.